View of Yalta. Archive photoSIMFEROPOL, Feb. 23 The preparation of the first lawsuit against Ukraine on the water blockade has been completed, Sergey Trofimov, head of the committee on legislation of the Crimean parliament, deputy head of the working group on assessing the consequences of the blockade, told RIA Novosti. Earlier it was reported that the lawsuit on water blockade will be the first in a series of legal claims against Ukraine. Further, paperwork is planned for causing damage to the peninsula as a result of the energy, transport, food and banking blockades arranged by the Kiev authorities.
"The preparation of a lawsuit against Ukraine on the water blockade has been completed. This fundamental document consists of 18 pages in 11th font. The main plaintiff is the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea", Trofimov told RIA Novosti.
According to him, the lawsuit will be brought against the state of Ukraine represented by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, the State Agency for Water Resources and the North Crimean Canal Administration. 
The list of persons involved in the blockade of the peninsula was allowed to expand in Crimea» I think the lawsuit will be sent to the Arbitration Court of Crimea,» Trofimov said. Previously, Ukraine provided up to 85 percent of Crimea's needs for fresh water through the North Crimean Canal running from the Dnieper. However, after the reunification of Crimea with Russia, the supply of water through the canal to the republic was completely stopped unilaterally. According to the estimates of the working group, the preliminary amount of damage caused by the water blockade is 1.47 trillion rubles. -for water blockadePublished: Nikita Stoma